Low Cost and Lightweight Amorphous Silicon Alloy Solar Array for Space Application 1999-01-2553
The constellation of satellites to be launched in the next few years to provide rapid global access to information needs low-cost and lightweight solar arrays. Multijunction thin-film amorphous silicon (a-Si) alloy solar cells deposited on lightweight and flexible substrates are ideal to meet this challenge. a-Si alloy is radiation hard, and has superior high temperature performance. We present results on fabrication of a-Si alloy solar cells on 0.5-mil-thick stainless steel using a low-cost production technology to achieve high efficiency under AM0 condition and their space qualification.
Citation: Guha, S., Yang, J., Banerjee, A., Nath, P. et al., "Low Cost and Lightweight Amorphous Silicon Alloy Solar Array for Space Application," SAE Technical Paper 1999-01-2553, 1999, https://doi.org/10.4271/1999-01-2553. Download Citation
Author(s):
S. Guha, J. Yang, A. Banerjee, P. Nath, J. Call, T. Glatfelter, F. J. Boelens, G. Oomen
Affiliated:
United Solar Systems Corp., Fokker Space B.V.
Pages: 6
Event:
34th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Silicon alloys
Alloys
Satellites
Sun and solar
Radiation
Steel
Fabrication
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